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Monks punch on at holy site
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November 10, 2008 - 7:08AM

Israeli police have rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches, arresting two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to Jesus' tomb.

The clash broke out between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion, burial and resurrection.


Monks in unholy punch up
Armenian and Greek Orthodox worshippers and clergy involved in a fist fight in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre.


It began as Armenian clergymen marched in an annual procession commemorating the 4th-century discovery of the cross, believed to have been used to crucify Jesus.

And it ended with the arrival of dozens of riot policemen who separated the sides, seizing a bearded Armenian monk and a Greek Orthodox monk with a bloody gash on his forehead.

Both were taken away in handcuffs.

Six Christian sects divide control of the ancient church and regularly fight over turf and influence.

AAP



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